On board the passenger cruise ship Letitia (1925) off Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula during a cruise.

On board the passenger cruise ship Letitia (1925) off Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula during a cruise in the Dardanelles. The photographer is looking aft and slightly to starboard from the rear of the bridge showing the funnel, ventilator cowls and lifeboats numbers 3, 5 and 5A, 7 and 7A under their davits. A few passengers are on the boat deck looking towards the cape. The Mehmetcik lighthouse is on the headland to the left of centre and the Helles Memorial is on the skyline to the left of it. The ruins of Sedd el Bahr Fort are in the centre. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P91720
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Letitia (1925)
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 167 mm x 117 mm